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Apparatus and method for sending and receiving broadcast signals

US9219630B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2014
Grant dateDec 22, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/0048
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for transmitting a broadcast signal includes an input formatting module configured to de-multiplex an input stream into at least one Data Pipe (DP); a BICM module configured to perform error correction processing on data of the at least one DP; a signal frame building module configured to map the data of the DP to symbols within a signal frame; and an OFDM generation module configured to generate a transmission broadcast signal by inserting a preamble into the signal frame and performing OFDM modulation. The OFDM generation module includes a pilot signal insertion module configured to insert a pilot signal including Continual Pilots (CP) and Scattered Pilots (SP) into the transmission broadcast signal, and the CPs are inserted into every symbol of the signal frame, and location and number of the CPs are determined based on a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) size.

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